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Assembly Bill A8066

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides for a grace period in which former employees of the department of corrections and community supervision that participated in a strike may return to work

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2025-A8066 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7310
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service

2025-A8066 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for a grace period until July 1, 2025, in which former employees of the department of corrections and community supervision that participated in a strike may return to full duty without discipline.

2025-A8066 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8066
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 23, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. GRAY, ANGELINO, BEEPHAN, BLANKENBUSH, BLUMEN-
   CRANZ, BOLOGNA, BRABENEC, E. BROWN, K. BROWN,  CHLUDZINSKI,  DiPIETRO,
   HAWLEY,  MANKTELOW,  MILLER,  NORBER,  NOVAKHOV, RA, SIMPSON, SMULLEN,
   WALSH -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Governmental
   Employees

 AN  ACT  providing  for  a grace period in which former employees of the
   department of corrections and community supervision that  participated
   in  a  strike may return to work; and providing for the repeal of such
   provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. 1. Any employee of the department of corrections and commu-
 nity  supervision who engaged in a strike or work stoppage on or between
 the dates of February 18, 2025, and the  effective  date  of  this  act,
 shall  be  allowed to be reinstated and return to work on their assigned
 tour by July 1, 2025. For any department of  corrections  and  community
 supervision  employee  who  participated  in  a  voluntary work stoppage
 between February 18, 2025, and  the  effective  date  of  this  act  and
 returns  to  work  before  July  1, 2025, there shall be no disciplinary
 action or demotion of rank.  Any department of corrections and community
 supervision employee who resigned between February  18,  2025,  and  the
 effective  date  of  this act shall be allowed full reinstatement to the
 department of corrections and community supervision and will be  allowed
 to  return  to  full  duty without discipline. Any employee who has been
 terminated or received termination notice shall be returned to full duty
 without discipline and shall be reinstated to the status they maintained
 on or before February 18, 2025.
   2. No department of corrections and community supervision employee  on
 pre-approved  leave for family medical leave, workers compensation, paid
 parental leave, long term sick leave,  bereavement,  or  sick  leave  at
 half-pay,  shall be ordered to prematurely return to work between Febru-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11596-01-5

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